Two security personnel injured in Naxal blast in Bijapur

A day after polling in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Lok Sabha seat, two security personnel were on Friday injured in a pressure bomb blast carried out by Naxals in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of the region, police said.

The blast occurred when a joint Road Opening Party (ROP) of CRPF and district force was on an operation for sanitising the area for the movement of polling party returning to their fold after voting, in Dubaiguda forest of Awapalli region, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena said.

“During operation, a Central Reserve Police Force jawan and a State police personnel came in contact with the pressure bomb that exploded, injuring both of them,” he said.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot soon after news of the incident was received. The injured personnel were being airlifted and referred to Raipur for treatment, Mr. Abhishek said.

Amid tight security, the Maoist-hit Bastar constituency of Chhattisgarh went to the polls in the first phase of parliamentary election in the State on Thursday where 52 per cent voter turnout was recorded.